Articulation of doll members



Apnl 3, 1928. 1,664,979

- H. s. HITCHCOCK ARTICULATION OF DOLL MEMBERS Filed Jan.27. 192sINVENTOR H545 Jflfiamr Mrs/1000K if ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 3, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTIGULATION OF DOLL MEMBERS.

' Application filed January 27, 1926. Serial No. 84,023. I

This invention relates to improvements in dolls, and more particularlysuch articles when termed of relatively flat pieces of material havingarticulated limbs and joints, and has for an object to provide a simpleand attractive toy that is less easily damaged or destroyed by the verysmall children who play with it.

Another object of my invention is to provide convenient, attractive anddurable means for uniting the legs of a doll to the body portionthereof.

Other advantages and objects will appear as the description proceeds.

More specifically consicered, my invention pertains primarily to themeans whereby the legs of the doll are jointed to the body proper, andis an improvement upon the doll described in my co-pending application,Serial No. 739,324, filed September 23, 1924.

It is well known that jointed dolls aptly suggest movements of the humanbody, but that they are more liable to breakage and 'dismemberment thanthe rigid, one-piece, non-flexible dolls, and as a result of the tietails of the. joints, many kinds of articulated dolls last but a shorttime before losing one or all of their limbs.

Not only does the present structure make a more serviceable doll, but byhaving the open or cut portions confined to the inner surfaces, thesuggested likeness to the human form is not detracted from.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a dollembodying my improvement; and

Fig. 2 is a. transverse section taken approximately along the line 2-2of Fig. 1.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the numeral 1 refers tothe doll as a 7 whole, with the body portion 2 including head. The arms8 are attached to the trunk or body portion 1 by a pin 41- extendingfrom one side to the other.

The trunk is provided with a centrally disposed rectangular recess 5 atits lower portion, thereby forming two similar outer extensions 6.

The legs 8, preferably of the same thickness of material as the body,have at their upper inner ends the transversely formed rectangularprojections 9 oppositely disposed in the recess 5 in contact with eachother, or to otherwise express it, the upper outer corners of the legsare cut away angularly to receive the extensions 6 of the body portion,the contours of the respective legs and the body portions contiguousthereto forming the continuous thigh lines of the doll.

The t 'ansverse orifice 7 through the body extensions (3 aligns withsimilar orifices of the leg extensions 9, so that by the insertion of apin theretlnrough, the legs will be articulated to the body in themanner described.

The construction of the body portions above described, it will be seen,securely holds the leg portions within the solid depending extensions ofthe body portion, thereby forestalling under the usual conditions of useof such articles the inadvertent separation 01" the doll members, dueprincipally to the reason. that in the present structure there will beno undue pressure upon the pin to withdraw it from its place. \Vhile itwill be found desirable to rivet the head of the pin at either end. asat l, in order to prevent its falling out, there will be no leveragepossible to apply to those parts whereby they will be forced or brokenaway from the pin. so

I claim:

A doll formed from flat pieces, having a body. portion centrallyrecessed with a rectangular recess with a straight horizontal bottom andparallel vertical sidewalls at right angles to the bottom, so as toleave rectangular body extensions on opposite sides of said recess, andlegs having the upper outer corners cut away to receive the bodyextensions and provide leg extensions that 91) enter the body recess incontact with each other, all arranged so that the outer contour of thelegs and body portions are substantially continuous to form the outercontinuous thigh lines of the doll, and means for 95 pivoting the legextensions in the body recess.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HELEN SARGENT I-IIT CI-ICOGK.

